Growing Up ... Adult Fiction Historicals and True Love
Explore captivating adult fiction with 'Growing Up...'—historical novels brimming with true love and heartfelt journeys. Discover your next favorite read in this curated list of timeless stories.
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The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield
In this rousingly good ghost story, Setterfield's debut novel rejuvenates the genre with a closely plotted, clever foray into a world of secrets, confused identities, …
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The Winter Rose
by Jennifer Donnelly
It has been twelve years since a dark, murderous figure stalked the alleys and courts of Whitechapel. And yet, in the summer of 1900, East …
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The Shallow Seas
by Dawn Farnham
Young Charlotte Macleod arrives in Batavia (now called Jakarta) to marry one of the richest merchants in the Dutch East Indies, but can she forget …
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Olivia and Jai
by Rebecca Ryman
Calcutta, 1848. Twenty-Two-Year-Old Olivia O Rourke Comes To Spend A Year With Her Aunt, Lady Bridget Templewood, Who Would Like To See Her Married Off …
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The Blood of Flowers
by Anita Amirrezvani
Both a sweeping love story and a luminous portrait of a city, THE BLOOD OF FLOWERS is the mesmerizing historical novel of an ill-fated young …
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Like Water for Chocolate
by Laura Esquivel
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Earthy, magical, and utterly charming, this tale of family life in turn-of-the-century Mexico blends poignant romance, bittersweet wit, and delicious recipes. This …
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Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
An orphan raised in Valparaíso, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, young, vivacious Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the …
